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elusory, a.|ɪˈl(j)uːsərɪ|
[ad. late L. ēlūsōrius, f. ēlūs- ppl. stem of ēlūdĕre to elude.]
1. Tending to elude (a danger, argument, law, etc.); of the nature of an evasion or subterfuge.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. x. 42 They are..elusory tergiversations. 1676Temple Let. Wks. 1731 II. 401 They had delayed the Exchange..and at length offered it with Conditions that I esteemed wholly elusory. 1758Sir J. Dalrymple Ess. Feudal Prop. 37 People..took directly an elusory duty, as a rose, a pair of spurs, etc. 1849–50Alison Hist. Europe III. xiv. §63. 199 Security..which proved in the end almost elusory.
b. nonce-use. Characterized by eluding.
1825Scott Talism. i, The Christian knight, desirous to terminate this elusory warfare..seized the mace.
2. Of an object of thought: That eludes the mental grasp; that one cannot ‘get hold of’.
1856Ferrier Inst. Metaph. Introd. 68 This..is a most elusory..problem.
Hence eˈlusoriness. rare—0.
1731in Bailey; 1775 in Ash; and in mod. Dicts. |